Johnson County Post

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Johnson County Post
Type Local journalism
Format Online
Owner(s)Jay Senter
Julia Westhoff
Founder(s)Julia Westhoff
Jay Senter
PublisherPost Publishing Inc.
EditorKyle Palmer
Deputy editorLeah Wankum
Staff writersJuliana Garcia
Andrew Gaug
Lucie Krisman
Kaylie McLaughlin
FoundedOctober 2010;13 years ago (2010-10)
Political alignment Nonpartisanism
Language English
CityPrairie Village, KS
Country United States
Circulation 2,700(as of 2019) [1]
Website johnsoncountypost.com
Free online archivesNo
Logo of the Shawnee Mission Post prior to merger Shawnee Mission Post Scroll.png
Logo of the Shawnee Mission Post prior to merger

The Johnson County Post is a United States nonpartisan subscription-based online newspaper founded in 2010. It is updated daily, Mondays through Fridays.

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History

Shawnee Mission Post

Upon their return in 2010 from volunteer Peace Corps postings in Panama, Jay Senter and Julia Westhoff, a couple who had worked together on their college newspaper found that media coverage of their home in northern Johnson County, Kansas, lacked coverage of government and school news. In response, they started a news website At first, they called their publication, the Prairie Village Post. As they broadened their extent of their coverage, they adopted the name, Shawnee Mission Post. [2]

The intent of the publishers was to focus on local news, most particularly in Northern Johnson County, Kansas. To that end, they covered municipal affairs in the sixteen towns within the Postal-designated area Shawnee Mission, as well as school district meetings and news. [2] They have also covered state legislators and federal representatives from the 3rd Congressional district and the U.S. Senate.

Dan Blom, a former newspaper editor, joined the organization in 2012. By 2014, 35,000 unique visitors per month were logging on. [3]

By 2019, the site had 2,700 subscribers paying up to $72 annually. [1]

"Shawnee Mission" is not the name of a municipality, but rather refers to a postal area designation that incorporates all or parts of 16 cities and towns with Zip Codes in North and Northeast Johnson County Kansas. It borders southwest Kansas City, Kansas The towns include Leawood, Lenexa, Mission, Mission Hills, Overland Park (partial), Prairie Village, Roeland Park, Shawnee, and Westwood. If those towns were a single municipality, they would constitute the second largest city in Kansas, with a population of over 400,000. [2]

The Shawnee Mission Post has part of their site covered by a paywall, noting that the people who pay want "More civics. Fewer restaurants." This may not work for other news outlets, but it seems to be working for the Shawnee Mission Post. [4]

The Shawnee Mission Post is a member of both the Kansas Press Association [5] and Local Independent Online News Publishers (LION). [6]

Blue Valley Post

In 2021 a sister publication, the Blue Valley Post, was launched to focus on issues on the Blue Valley region of east central and southeast Johnson County centered around Overland Park and parts of Leawood and Stilwell. The two newspapers shared the same staff and ownership under Post Publishing Inc.

Johnson County Post

In January 2024, the Shawnee Mission Post and the Blue Valley Post merged to become the Johnson County Post. [7]

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Johnson County, Kansas</span> County in Kansas, United States

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Leawood, Kansas</span> City in Kansas, United States

Leawood is a city in Johnson County, Kansas, United States, and is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 33,902.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Shawnee, Kansas</span> City in Kansas, United States

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kansas City metropolitan area</span> Metropolitan Statistical Area in Missouri and Kansas, United States

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Shawnee Mission is a region of northern Johnson County, Kansas, part of the Kansas City metropolitan area in the United States. Since August 1, 1960, the United States Postal Service has used the name to denote a large postal coverage area at the northeastern tip of Johnson County. It contains numerous towns, and the name was created to structure management of the post offices located therein. Effectively, these towns' post offices are subsidiaries of the Shawnee Mission Main Post Office in Mission, Kansas. Properly, a mailing address may indicate the delivery "place" as either Shawnee Mission, or the actual town name, and be treated the same.

Shawnee Mission USD 512 is a public unified school district headquartered in Shawnee Mission, Kansas, United States. The district comprises five high schools, five middle schools, 34 elementary schools, and six District centers. In the 2023–2024 school year, district enrollment is approximately 26,200 students.

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Blue Valley USD 229 is a public unified school district headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas, United States. Located in east central and southeast Johnson County, Kansas, covering 91 square miles (240 km2) of Overland Park including parts of Leawood and Stilwell, all within the Kansas City Metropolitan Area.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">AdventHealth Shawnee Mission</span> Hospital in Kansas, United States

AdventHealth Shawnee Mission, is a 504-bed hospital in Merriam in Johnson County, Kansas. In addition to the hospital itself it has a free-standing outpatient surgery, a community health education building, five physician office buildings and an associate child care center. The hospital is owned by AdventHealth, a hospital network headquartered in Altamonte Springs, Florida.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Shawnee Mission West High School</span> High school in Overland Park, Kansas, United States

Shawnee Mission West High School is a fully accredited public high school located in Overland Park, Kansas, United States, serving students in grades 9-12. Shawnee Mission West is one of several public high schools located within Overland Park and operated by Shawnee Mission USD 512 school district. The official school colors are black and gold and the school mascot is the Viking.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Shawnee Mission North High School</span> High school in Overland Park, Kansas, United States

Shawnee Mission North High School is a public secondary school in Overland Park, Kansas, United States, for grades 9–12. It is one of five high schools operated by Shawnee Mission USD 512 school district.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Shawnee Mission East High School</span> High school in Prairie Village, Kansas, United States

Shawnee Mission East High School is a public high school in Prairie Village, Kansas, United States, for grades 9 through 12. It is one of five high schools operated by the Shawnee Mission USD 512 school district.

The Johnson County Library (JCL), established in 1952, is the county library system for Johnson County, Kansas and includes 13 branches. As of 2013, it had 1,092,294 items. It lent 6,690,893 items in 2013. It serves a population of 598,555.

Stephanie Clayton is an American politician who has served as a Democratic member of the Kansas House of Representatives from the 19th district since 2013. She was elected as a Republican, but after winning reelection on November 9, 2018, with 58.9% of the vote, she announced she was changing her party affiliation on December 19, 2018.

Lindsay Vaughn is an American politician serving as a member of the Kansas House of Representatives from the 22nd district. Elected in the November 2020, she assumed office on January 11, 2021.

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References

  1. 1 2 Morris, Frank. "A Local News Site Uses A Paywall And Succeeds". NPR . Retrieved 27 March 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 About the Shawnee Mission Post, Johnson County Post. Retrieved October 19, 2021.
  3. ↑ A thank you to April's shawneemissionpost.com sponsors…for letting me make this a full-time job, Johnson County Post, Jay Senter, April 2014. Retrieved October 19, 2021.
  4. ↑ Christine Schmidt (21 November 2019), Paywalls work: Shawnee Mission Post, Kansas Press Association, Wikidata   Q108935980
  5. ↑ Kansas Press Association: Browse Full Member Database, Kansas Press Association, Wikidata   Q108936678
  6. ↑ LION Publishers: Current Members, LION Publishers, Wikidata   Q108936755
  7. ↑ Senter, Jay (November 15, 2023). "Why we'll become the Johnson County Post in January". Johnson County Post. Retrieved February 27, 2024.

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